LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – As a result of the combination of positive tests, contact tracing and subsequent quarantining of individuals within the Georgia State Men's Basketball program, Little Rock's Jan. 1 game against the Panthers at the Jack Stephens Center has been canceled consistent with Sun Belt Conference COVID-19 protocols.

The Georgia Southern game is still on. The new Sun Belt protocols seem to say, if I understand them correctly, that teams must play if they have 7 players and one coach available.

The GaSt game will apparently not be rescheduled. If they are really the top team in the league, that might be a "break". On the other hand, we are losing a home game, and generally we expect to win those.

(12-29-2021 12:54 PM)mjs Wrote:  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – As a result of the combination of positive tests, contact tracing and subsequent quarantining of individuals within the Georgia State Men's Basketball program, Little Rock's Jan. 1 game against the Panthers at the Jack Stephens Center has been canceled consistent with Sun Belt Conference COVID-19 protocols.

The Georgia Southern game is still on. The new Sun Belt protocols seem to say, if I understand them correctly, that teams must play if they have 7 players and one coach available.

The GaSt game will apparently not be rescheduled. If they are really the top team in the league, that might be a "break". On the other hand, we are losing a home game, and generally we expect to win those.

I guess it's more than "apparently". "Per Sun Belt Conference policies, games unable to be played due to COVID-19 will be canceled and considered a no-contest and not rescheduled".

The minimum of 7 players that requires a team to play includes walk-ons. A team can choose to play with less. A post on the ASU board stats that team with 4 Covid cancellations in ineligible for the league title. Since it is not mentioned, I assume they can play in the tournament so not sure how much it matters. GaSt's game with ASU is cancelled so that's 2 cancellations already.

Both women's games this week are cancelled. This appears to be due to Covid in our program. Not playing the Saturday games may not be a bad thing. With the hogs playing a bowl game, at the same time, we probably could have counted the walk-ups on our fingers. Our die-hard season ticketholders would probably show up regardless, but that doesn't result in any extra revenue.

(12-29-2021 01:05 PM)mjs Wrote:  The minimum of 7 players that requires a team to play includes walk-ons. A team can choose to play with less. A post on the ASU board stats that team with 4 Covid cancellations in ineligible for the league title. Since it is not mentioned, I assume they can play in the tournament so not sure how much it matters. GaSt's game with ASU is cancelled so that's 2 cancellations already.

Looks like its 80 percent of whatever the league average is.

In other words, if Georgia State is the only one with an outbreak, they have a problem. If other teams start having outbreaks, Georgia State gets a reprieve.

The Panthers problem is extensive however. They have something like 5 scholarship players unvaccinated. Meaning a single covid case in the program takes out 5 or 6 players, not 1.